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The great period of Indian carpet weaving was from about 1550 through 1740. Rugs of this period are discussed under the entry “Mughal carpets.” The Persians defeated the Mughals and sacked Delhi in 1739. Thereafter, Mughal power rapidly declined and it was only the British East India Company that fostered carpet production. Eighteenth-century carpet production was quite small. The quality of rug weaving deteriorated in the 1800s as factory production of copies supplanted the oriental rug as a creative art in the hands of craftsmen. In this period, prison labor was used to weave rugs with Mughal designs. The rug production of India increased significantly in the 1950s. In India, rugs are woven by men and boys and not by women.<br>

The great period of Indian carpet weaving was from about 1550 through 1740. Rugs of this period are discussed under the entry “Mughal carpets.” The Persians defeated the Mughals and sacked Delhi in 1739. Thereafter, Mughal power rapidly declined and it was only the British East India Company that fostered carpet production. Eighteenth-century carpet production was quite small. The quality of rug weaving deteriorated in the 1800s as factory production of copies supplanted the oriental rug as a creative art in the hands of craftsmen. In this period, prison labor was used to weave rugs with Mughal designs. The rug production of India increased significantly in the 1950s. In India, rugs are woven by men and boys and not by women.<br>

Contemporary Indian rugs consist of copies of Chinese, Persian, Turkmen, and Aubusson or Savonnerie designs. They are woven with asymmetric knots on a cotton foundation with double wefts.<br>

Contemporary Indian rugs consist of copies of Chinese, Persian, Turkmen, and Aubusson or Savonnerie designs. They are woven with asymmetric knots on a cotton foundation with double wefts.<br>